Kevin Scott and Jake Lacy with ADDO Worldwide

March 20, 2018 by angishields

CEO Exclusive Radio

Kevin Scott and Jake Lacy with ADDO Worldwide

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About This Week’s Show

On this CEO Exclusive, Kevin Scott and Jake Lacy with ADDO Worldwide join us to discuss Millennials in the workforce, and how to instill core values and culture into your company’s population and employee base.

About ADDO Worldwide

ADDO is a brand + experience consultancy that helps businesses and brands ideate and activate initiatives to enhance leadership and social impact. They create ways for companies to maximize “doing business” while “doing good” to deliver tangible, sustainable and measurable engagement with customers and their communities.

The ADDO story begins 10 years ago, at the University of Georgia. Founders Garrett Gravesen and Kevin Scott worked together to launch and lead H.E.R.O. for Children – a charity that has raised more than 2 million dollars for children with HIV/AIDS and became the largest pediatric AIDS organization in Georgia. In 2008, the two started the Global L.E.A.D. Program along with two other entrepreneurs and together these two companies have engaged more than 10,000 next-generation leaders in programs across the United States, Africa, and Europe. More importantly, these two companies created leaders and made a tangible, meaningful impact. The two went on to form ADDO in 2011 to expand social impact and leadership into business and in 2012 was named Governor’s International Award “New Company of the Year” in the State of Georgia.

Kevin Scott has traveled to six continents and spoken to leaders from more than 100 countries. Kevin co-founded ADDO, which is Latin for “Inspire.” In addition to working with businesses and brands, ADDO has developed a national leadership program with Chick-fil-A (Chick-fil-A Leader Academy).

Kevin is the author of two books, including 8 Essential Exchanges, a book that helps people clarify their most important decisions in life. In consecutive years, Kevin was named to the “40 under 40″ lists for Georgia Trend and then the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Kevin has been featured on numerous media outlets, including Fox News, CNN, and CNBC. He’s also been featured in publications like The New York Times, Washington Post, and others.

Connect with Kevin on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

Jake Lacy is Manager of Partnerships and Prospective Business at ADDO. Connect with Jake on LinkedIn.

Pensacola Business Radio: 3-14-18 Guests, Gulf Coast Kids House and Realty Masters

March 17, 2018 by angishields

Pensacola Business Radio

Pensacola Business Radio: 3-14-18 Guests, Gulf Coast Kids House and Realty Masters

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Pam Keen-Brantley, CAPT USNR Ret., Broker, and Owner of Realty Masters

Broker / Owner

4400 Bayou Blvd. Ste. #52A

Pensacola, FL 32503

Pam@pensacolarealtymasters.com

(850) 453-9220

(850) 453-9920

Pam is a Retired Navy Captain with over 30 years experience in Real Estate. She was born and raised in Wisconsin, graduated with a BSN in nursing from Marquette University in 1977, and joined the Navy in 1978. Pam had over 26 years service in the military and fell in love with the Pensacola area. She became a licensed agent in 1978 and a Real Estate Broker in 1984. She also buys, sells and rents her own investment property and specializes in working with other investors on cash-flow investment properties in Pensacola, FL.

Pam is a member of The National Association of Residential Property Managers (NARPM), as well as the National and Florida Association of Realtors,and holds the NAR E-Pro designation, Certified Residential Specialist designation, the Short Sales and Foreclosure Resource and Certified Distressed Property Expert Certifications. Her daughters Christine, Nicole, and son David also work for Realty Masters.

Pam has spent her entire career helping other real estate investors to find and purchase cash flow investments. Her property management team and full staff manages a porfolio of nearly 1,000 rental properties and 20 home owners associations. Please contact her for real estate property sales in Escambia & Santa Rosa counties, including single and multi-family residences

Realty Masters Mission Statement:

At Realty Masters of FL, we have a vision: Provide all of our customers the best possible service every time. Our philosophy on rentals and sales – we will treat your home as if it were our own! As real estate agents, we vow to make ourselves readily accessible to answer any and all real estate questions, and to assist in any way possible to better our community residents and local government offices. Our goal is to provide extensive, accurate, and detailed information to ease the stress on renters, buyers, sellers, and other professionals alike during all steps in the house hunting and closing process. Realty Masters of FL is an equal opportunity housing partner and believes strongly in serving all clients exceptionally and equally. We are proud to announce that our property managers are all licensed Realtors with active membership in the Pensacola Association of Realtors.

Megan Chapman/Outreach & Development Director
Phone: (850) 595-5783

Helping Families In Pensacola And Escambia County

Gulf Coast Kid’s House is a children’s advocacy center serving Escambia County. As a children’s advocacy center, we combine all of the professionals and resources needed for the intervention, investigation and prosecution of child abuse cases under one child-friendly facility. Child victims and their families also receive mental health counseling at our center. The goal of Gulf Coast Kid’s House is to form a more collaborative response to child abuse cases so that we can improve case outcomes and minimize trauma to the children and families we serve.

Our Vision:

The vision of Gulf Coast Kid’s House is to provide a place where child protective services, law enforcement, prosecution, medical and mental health professionals’ work together under one roof to provide comprehensive services.

Our Mission:

Facilitate the investigation, prosecution, and treatment of child abuse and neglect and promote child abuse prevention awareness through community education.

Our Goals:

Provide a child-friendly facility to serve abused children and their families in a neutral environment.
Minimize trauma to child abuse victims by streamlining the intervention process.
Develop formal, comprehensive, multi-disciplinary responses to child abuse, which will meet the needs of both child victims and their families.
Educate the community of child abuse issues and enlisting support to help prevent child

The Pulse Featuring Liz Goddard and Nicole Grinnell with CC: My Admin, Adam Freedman with SOHO Office, and Amanda Dossey with Painting with a Twist

March 16, 2018 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

The Pulse Featuring Liz Goddard and Nicole Grinnell with CC: My Admin, Adam Freedman with SOHO Office, and Amanda Dossey with Painting with a Twist

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Liz Goddard transitioned her career from Human Resource Director for one of Atlanta’s fastest growing companies, to build a brand that focuses on small businesses and engaging the stay at home workforce. With over 15 years as a Corporate Executive Assistant, Nicole Grinnell now focuses on providing the same executive level support for small business owners and entrepreneurs at a price point and availability that allows them to grow. Follow CC: My Admin on Instagram and Facebook.

Adam Freedman was raised in Easton Connecticut and moved to Georgia in 1990. He graduated from Georgia State University and spent a dozen successful years in software sales and presales. One day he asked his wife if he could take a hobby and try to make a business out of it. Since then, he has been the owner of Dunwoody PC, a residential IT company, for 14 years and has become a subject matter expect for Residential technology. He recently purchased SOHO Office, Dunwoody at the corner of Jett Ferry Rd and Dunwoody Club Dr. Follow SOHO Office on Facebook.

Amanda Dossey is an experienced entrepreneur and business owner with a sales and marketing background. She has a dual degree MBA from Kellogg School of Management in Marketing Management and Media Management. Follow Painting with a Twist on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

Holly Read and Gina Miller with Bennett Thrasher, Amanda Trice Lucey with The Green Chamber of the South, and Junko Horvath with Fujiyama Wealth Management

March 14, 2018 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Holly Read and Gina Miller with Bennett Thrasher, Amanda Trice Lucey with The Green Chamber of the South, and Junko Horvath with Fujiyama Wealth Management

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Holly Read is a Project Manager in the Technology Services department where she plans and manages projects aligning business goals with technology solutions to drive process improvements, competitive advantage and bottom-line gains for an industry-wide range of clients. Prior to joining Bennett Thrasher, Holly worked at Graves Technology Group, LLC where she learned the information technology practice and client relations. Holly graduated from Florida State University with a Bachelor’s degree. She is a member of the Project Management Institute and is currently in school to obtain a Professional Education in Project Management from Georgia Tech. Holly is a certified facilitator in All In Engagement Training and What Motivates Me, as well as a chair of the Women’s Leadership and Development Committee at Bennett Thrasher.

Gina Miller is a Director in our Dispute, Valuation and Forensics department. She is Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) with the American Society of Appraisers. Gina has approximately twenty years of experience consulting on the valuation of equity interests in closely-held companies. She has performed valuations for a variety of purposes including estate and gift tax reporting requirements, domestic litigation, financial reporting, acquisitions, buy-sell agreements, and employee stock ownership plans and prepared valuation analyses in a many industries including: construction, healthcare, energy, banking, distribution, technology, and business services. Gina has also advised management of publicly-traded companies regarding the value of its intangible assets for purchase price allocations and impairment testing. In addition to valuation analysis, she also has provided litigation support for cases involving economic damages. Gina earned her Bachelor of Science (Accounting) from Truman State University and her Master of Business Administration from Southern Illinois University. She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) licensed in the state of Georgia and is Certified in Financial Forensics. She is a member of the Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants (GSCPA), a board member of the GSCPA’s Educational Foundation and a member of the Leadership Council of the GSCPA. In addition, she sits on the board, as Treasurer, of the Sandy Springs Tennis Association, a non-profit that brings tennis to underserved youth.

Follow Bennett Thrasher on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. Connect with Holly and Gina on LinkedIn.

Amanda Trice Lucey is the 2018 Green Chamber of the South Board Chair. Amanda is the Founder and CEO of Moxie, Media and Marketing and has served as the Green Chamber of the South’s marketing chair since 2015. During her time on the marketing committee, Amanda led the development of a chapter program for universities to get involved in sustainability issues on campus and for students to have access to networking opportunities with businesses in the Southeast who observe sustainable practices.

Follow Green Chamber of the South on Facebook and Twitter. Connect with Amanda on LinkedIn.

The mission at Fujiyama Wealth Management is to help guide you in scaling the mountain of obstacles towards your financial goals. They realize that no two clients’ financial situations are the same. They strive to completely understand each client’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and risks more than anyone outside of their families, and they use that understanding to tailor each client’s approach to their financial lives. Junko Horvath personally handles the financial plans of CEO’s, physicians, small business owners, and Fortune 500 executives among other professionals. She has 16 years of experience and a staff of three people to serve her client’s every financial question and need.

Connect with Junko on LinkedIn.

ITEN WIRED RADIO: Ep 3-2018 IT GULF COAST and CSRA

March 14, 2018 by angishields

ITEN Wired Radio

ITEN WIRED RADIO: Ep 3-2018 IT GULF COAST and CSRA

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Sean O’Brien
2017 Chairman
Information Technology Association of the Gulf Coast
Promote Technology – Advance Education – Build community

Message from the Chairman

Welcome to the IT Gulf Coast web site and the first step in a very satisfying and enriching affiliation with the premiere professional association for the IT community in Northwest Florida and the Gulf Coast.

In January, the membership met and elected a Board of Directors. The Board elected me as the chairman renewed our association’s commitment to the IT Profession and our Community and refined goals for our organization. I would like to share that with you.

Vision

Become the premiere professional association for the IT community in Northwest Florida with a goal of creating educational and networking opportunities for our membership to foster the growth of the technology industry and entrepreneurship in our area.

Mission

To provide our members with the opportunities and resources necessary to develop and advance their IT careers
Stimulate and promote the area’s interest in Information Technologies and related Services and help attract IT professionals and IT related businesses by creating educational and networking opportunities both for and with our membership, supporting and sponsoring community IT, STEM and entrepreneurial events, competitions, educational programs and activities on the Northern Gulf Coast
To elevate the level of IT Industry awareness in the Pensacola region and promote all that the Gulf Coast region offers within the IT industry
Attract and seek new members to our organization

Promote Technology – Advance Education – Build community

Core Values

Integrity – We value professionalism and are committed to the highest Code of Ethics and Conduct
Respect – We build and inclusive environment through mentoring, delivering on commitments, working together with trust, and enjoying the camaraderie of each other
Innovation – We learn, we share insights, and encourage our members to make a difference today and for the future
Service – We keep current in technology, business, and academia. We contribute to our association, IT profession, and our community utilizing leadership, appropriate solutions, and community service.

Guiding Principles

Our Guiding Principles reflect ITGC beliefs about your role as a member and the impact we want ITGC to have in the IT profession and on our communities.

We aspire to be better leaders, better people
We excel through honesty
We treat others with respect
We demand ethical behavior of ourselves
We encourage out of the box thinking
We lead with confidence and inspire each other to achieve success
We don’t let fear of change paralyze us in reaching our goal
We are fiscally responsible
We take ownership in everything we do
We have fun

IT Gulf Coast offers a convincing slate of member benefits. If you are interested in becoming a corporate member click here. Here’s why hundreds

have joined the organization.

Professional Affiliation
Career Building
Chapters: Ultimate Peer-to-Peer Networking
Leadership Opportunities
Industry Conferences

Professional Affiliation
Affiliation with a professional association is a boost to your resume. We know from over a decade of recent experience that employers and clients prefer to hire and retain candidates who demonstrate a tangible commitment to their personal development, who are involved in community activities and who advance their career through education. Members tell us that they prefer to work with employers and clients who value their professionalism – they get the chance to do a better job, often at better rates. That rate increase alone more than pays the membership fee.

For over a decade ITGC has built a reputation for promoting professionalism in the IT industry. When you join, you buy a piece of that reputation and the opportunity to enhance it by getting involved. It is expected that, as a member, you will make efforts to enhance that reputation further, so that your Association is seen over time to contain the best people there are in IT.

Career Building
ITGC brings to members opportunity to focus on professionalism, ethics and business skills. These are vital skills are a unique offering through ITGC and recognized as required components to developing your career. We offer several career enhancing and educational opportunities throughout the year. We host a monthly “Lunch and Learn” where we bring in industry experts and visionaries to provide talks, discussion, training and lectures based on member input. ITGC hosts a monthly “Networking Social Hour” where members and businesses can meet. Please see our events page for the upcoming events.

Chapters: Ultimate Peer-to-Peer Networking
As an ITGC member, you have tremendous opportunities to interact with other network professionals through local chapter meetings, social events, workshops, and newsletters. These opportunities allow you to share and receive information, knowledge, skills, and opportunities with your peers. The ITGC does not have Chapters in every area of the Gulf Coast, but offers help and support to even brand new members to start them up. Peer-to-peer networking (also known as “fellowshipping”) continues to be the highest-rated benefit in member surveys.

Leadership Opportunities
The ITGC encourages members to get involved and thus enhance these important leadership and professional skills. Members have opportunities to develop leadership, communication, management, marketing, public relations, and organizational skills by serving on ITGC board, committees and in community event leadership positions. The experience of starting a Chapter is known to benefit those who do it.

Opportunities for Industry Related Conferences and Community Events
Through our joint effort as volunteers, ITGC members share opportunities for industry-related conference packages and discounts, including ITEN Wired; the Gulf Coast’s premier conference for executives, entrepreneurs, professionals, and educators working in technology. These conferences allow you to network with peers and learn new technology in educational labs and seminars. ITGC also sponsors regional community events that bring industry and government professionals together to promote IT, STEM and entrepreneurial events, competitions, educational programs and activities.

ITGC Member Logo
You can utilize the ITGC member logo credential in your professional correspondence, resume, and business cards. Get the industry recognition you deserve by identifying yourself as a true IT professional dedicated to continued training, development and community.

ITGC Job Board
Coming soon

Sean O’Brien

2017 Chairman
Information Technology Association of the Gulf Coast
Promote Technology – Advance Education – Build community

ITEN WIRED is a conference hosted by IT Gulf Coast and Florida West Economic Development Alliance. The annual summit provides networking and learning opportunities for executives, entrepreneurs, technology professionals and academia to foster local economic development efforts surrounding innovation, technology, and entrepreneurship.

The ITEN WIRED planning team is composed of volunteers from IT Gulf Coast, Florida West Economic Development Alliance, and other members of our local IT community.

Tuesdays with Corey Episode 6

March 13, 2018 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Tuesdays with Corey Episode 6

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Lisa Fey is a global business growth speaker and founder of Lisa Fey Speaks, as well as a Virtuoso luxury and adventure Travel Agent. Lisa began her corporate career in 1985 when she was recruited off the campus of The University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill as a sales associate for the Coca Cola Company. During her 30 year tenure, she held leadership roles within customer management, marketing and capability building. Her career path took her all over the world seeding key technologies. This broad experience enabled her to shape her thought ware around driving performance. Connect with Lisa on LinkedIn.

Patricia Friedman is a Shareholder of The Bowden Spratt Law Firm, P.C. For almost 30 years, she has represented clients with respect to their estate planning needs, including estate and gift tax planning, charitable planning and estate administration. She has practiced with large and mid-size firms and currently practices with an estate planning boutique firm. Connect with Patricia on LinkedIn.

Malory Atkinson is the co-founder and managing partner of Shear Structural. In her role as partner, Malory is currently responsible for business development, marketing, finance, and operations. It was the combination of traditional professional services and high energy startup experience that led her to co- found Shear Structural, Atlanta’s newest 100% women-owned and women-managed structural engineering firm. Connect with Malory on LinkedIn.

Angie Rehkop‘s practice, Financial Care Providers, was founded with one simple, yet essential goal in mind: Design financial plans that take care of the wealth and well-being of her clients. She speaks succinctly about investment strategy, risk measures and complex business and family issues. Grounded by two decades of financial planning expertise, she carefully tends to the financial future of individuals, families and business owners. Connect with Angie on LinkedIn.

Corey Rieck is the President and Founder of The Long Term Care Planning Group, a firm that specializes in delivering Long Term Care education and coverage to companies, high net worth individuals and large organizations. Since 2001, Corey has devoted his career to Long Term Care as a result of multiple personal experiences. A neutral provider of Long Term Care Solutions since 2001, Corey brings a unique and comprehensive consultative perspective to this issue. Since 2003, part of his commitment to the Long Term Care Industry includes his having trained over 3,500 advisors from San Francisco to Wall Street on how to properly position Long Term Care to clients through the CLTC organization. (www.ltc-cltc.com) Additionally, he has authored dozens of published industry articles on Long Term Care and has assisted many of the nation’s leading LTC carriers on operational and educational matters.

Introducing Tim O’Connor, Host of the Atlanta Business Radio series “The Pioneer’s Path”

March 13, 2018 by angishields

Atlanta Business Radio

Introducing Tim O'Connor, Host of the Atlanta Business Radio series "The Pioneer's Path"

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Tim O’Connor is an EOS® Implementer and the Growth Architect for the Terraform Group. He has been a business transformation champion for some of the most iconic and well-known brands in the world spanning golf, entertainment, motorsports, apparel, and technology.

Tim was a PGA Professional and Master Golf Instructor for the Arnold Palmer Golf Academy before he moved to Silicon Valley in 1999 where he built a sales division with a portfolio of Fortune 500 clients. After moving back to Atlanta, he and his wife started a company of their own where they managed to turn a $2,500 loan into over $4MM in retail sales worldwide.

Eventually, Tim left the family business to lead sales and marketing for a Fortune 500 company where sales grew from $240MM to $260MM in 18 months. Despite those results, he realized his true calling was to make a difference in the lives of entrepreneurs.

That’s when he learned about EOS, the Entrepreneurial Operating System®, and immediately saw how it gets privately-held companies Vision, Traction, and Healthy. Tim has since made it his mission to share this life changing system with as many entrepreneurs as possible as an Atlanta EOS Implementer.

Tim is an enthusiastic supporter of Clearwater Academy, a school for children that learn differently located in Peachtree City, GA.

Connect with Tim on Twitter, and follow Terraform Group on LinkedIn and Facebook.

The Pioneer’s Path Business Radio Show was created to tell the stories of Visionaries and the companies they lead. Our goal is to help established Visionaries inspire and encourage the next generation of professionals who are naturally wired to “think differently”, and who could benefit the most from hearing the stories of accomplished people who are just like them…only further down the road.

The term “Visionary” has become overused and confusing in the world of business. However, we believe that the definition of a Visionary is quite clear. Your unique ability allows you to serve your organization by seeing what is down the road, and positioning your team for maximum results based on what you see.

We also believe that if you are a Visionary, you were born with a very special set of traits and tendencies that probably took you some time to focus for the greater good of an organization. That’s the story we want to share…your Pioneer’s Path.

As a visionary, your skills were either developed over time through trial and error, you had the right position within an organization that encouraged Visionary thinking, or you had great mentors along your journey. Regardless of the path, your story is unique and special, and there are younger versions of yourself working in organizations who need your encouragement.

If you are a visionary, or know one that you think has a great story to share, book a 15 minute appointment with one of our hosts to connect with us. If your story aligns with a future episode we are planning, then we’d love to host you in our Atlanta studio.

Simms Jenkins and Brent Rosengren with Brightwave

March 13, 2018 by angishields

CEO Exclusive Radio

Simms Jenkins and Brent Rosengren with Brightwave

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Simms Jenkins is Founder & CEO of BrightWave, the leading email, eCRM and cross-channel agency. He has led BrightWave in establishing a world-class client list including Aflac, Chick-fil-A, Cox Media Group, Ferrari North America, Panera Bread, Synovus and more. The agency made the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing private companies five consecutive years and was named the top email independent agency and “the best of the best” by The Relevancy Group.

Jenkins won the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Atlanta Interactive Marketing Association, Marketer of the Year from the American Marketing Association & the Email Marketer of the Year at the Tech Marketing Awards.

Jenkins is the founder of EiQ, the intelligent email gathering, an annual conference focused on innovation and the author of The New Inbox and The Truth About Email Marketing.

Connect with Simms on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook and follow BrightWave on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

As Chief Client Officer at BrightWave, Brent Rosengren is responsible for all of client relationships and program success. He aims to achieve success by serving as head coach for internal teams, working tirelessly to make sure they have everything they need to over-deliver on a daily basis. Brent has a track record of providing strategic counsel and white glove service for brands like Aflac, Chick-fil-A, Mattress Firm, Panera, Synovus and countless more.

Before joining BrightWave as the second employee in 2005, Brent gained invaluable exposure to consumer marketing best practices through client-side positions at WebMD and Southern Progress, a unit of Time Warner.

A hands-on leader and outstanding communicator, Brent often finds himself in the roles of cheerleader and peacekeeper, though not always in that order. Quite possibly his most important role is Chief Keg Officer at BrightWave’s in-house lounge, The Siren, where he always ensures that a local and a seasonal beer are on tap and ready for any impromptu client meetings. He is a graduate of Washington & Lee.

Connect with Brent on LinkedIn.

Pensacola Business Radio–Women In Leadership Series, Brought to you by Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast, Ep 5

March 13, 2018 by angishields

Pensacola Business Radio

Pensacola Business Radio--Women In Leadership Series, Brought to you by Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast, Ep 5

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Denise N Ables-PACE Center for Girls

Retired Diagnostic Sales Consultant since 2015.

Full time volunteer for 2 organizations:

PACE Center for Girls, Board of Directors, Media and Marketing Chair, Men Who Cook Co-Chair

Pensacola Women’s Alliance, Board of Directors, Chair

Mrs. Georgia Blackmon

The Gathering Awareness & Book Center

Mrs. Georgia Blackmon was born and raised in Pensacola, FL. She graduated from Booker T. Washing High School. She has been married to Johnny Blackmon for 56 years. They have two children, five grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Mrs. Blackmon is very active in the community. She was taught a long time ago, “If you take care of your community and children; the community and children will take of you.”

Mr. & Mrs. Blackmon are the owners of The Gathering Awareness and Book Center located in Pensacola, FL.

awarenessg@thegathering.gccoxmail

Stacey Robello-Home Instead Senior Care

In 2017, Stacy Robello, became one of the new owners at Home Instead Senior Care of Pensacola. She was a founding employee of the franchise in 1999 until late 2001. After receiving her BA in Elementary Education from the University of West Florida, she left to pursue her career as an educator in one of Florida’s top ranked systems; Santa Rosa County School District. But when the Home Instead office was granted their Home Health Agency license from the State of Florida in 2006, Stacy was inspired to return; this time as a Community Educator addressing issues specific to the aging population and as a promoter of the many home care services offered by Home Instead. She helps drive referrals and builds relationships within the provider network of home care. Some of Stacy’s affiliations are with the Baptist Women’s Board, Escarosa Senior Alliance, Santa Rosa Healthcare Advocates and the Healthcare Professionals Association of Northwest Florida, Impact 100 and Pensacola Symphony Orchestra Guild. Stacy is more enthusiastic than ever and she’s excited to continue the tradition of bringing exceptional home care and being a choice employer to the Pensacola community.

Kolleen Edwards Chesley

Kolleen Edwards Chesley has 25 years of experience in the financial services industry and spent the majority of her career as a financial advisor. In that role, Kolleen was responsible for finding her own clients and quickly learned the value of networking, networking, and even more networking. It was in 2004 and during her sales career that she, along with two other professional business women met for lunch with the purpose of helping to motivate each other after Hurricane Ivan had blown through our area and changed not only the physical landscape of the area, but also impacted the business landscape as well. Out of that lunch was born what is now a thriving not-for-profit organization for business women.

Kolleen currently serves full-time as the Founding Director of what was originally called Women’s Business Lunch and is now known as Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast. The organization advocates a culture of confidence building, lifelong learning, collaboration, empowering others and a spirit of charitable giving.

The mission of Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast is to promote, advance and improve women in business and the organization accomplishes these in a number of different ways.

Monthly networking meetings in Pensacola and Gulf Breeze. These are open to all women and are free to attend. We run a structured meeting with open networking, an educational segment, a sponsor presentation, an opportunity to hear about the businesses of all attendees, and a whole lot of fun. We frequently hear from attendees that these meeting are chock full of value and a great way to build new relationships to help support their businesses. The Pensacola meetings include lunch paid for by our sponsors.
Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast Magazine. We have produced 4 editions of this print magazine. Each edition features interviewees of local successful leaders in business who share their honest thoughts on leadership, success, obstacles, and inspiration as it relates to women in business. We also include other articles on leadership, networking, and other skill development. It is geared for anyone in business or looking for business motivation and tips. Our goal is for this to be a quarterly publication, however the magazine is currently on hold as we explore graphic designers. Our latest edition can still be found on our website.
Annual Pursue Your Passion Women’s conference. To help celebrate National Business Women’s Week, we hold a full day conference during the third week of October along with several other events leading up to the conference. We feature a national keynote speaker, several local successful leaders in business, along with Speed Networking, an Experience Hall, structured and unstructured networking exercises and plenty of laughter, relationship building and excitement. Our attendees are not only motivated by the conference but they leave with tangible tips they can take back and implement in their businesses to lead them to success. For 2018, our conference will be held on Wednesday, October 17^th and Thursday, October 18^th, 2018 at Sanders Beach.
Power Up Challenge is a 12 week educational series where we hold classes once a week for two hours. Classes focused around four main areas of business: Networking, Marketing, Business Efficiency, and Sales Skills. Open to men and women and all classmates receive the full audio recording of each class along with class notes, expanded notes, and extra resources. Remote classes also available. Classes are affordable and attendees are elated with the amount and quality of the information that is shared.
Women in Leadership radio podcast show – sponsored by Pensacola Business Radio X. We hold monthly shows featuring local community leaders and other men and women in business. We engage our guests in conversational style in-depth interviews. They share their advice on topics such as mentoring, keys to success, time management tools, personal mantras and favorite inspirations, and what men can do to help support women in business.
Membership in Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast is also available.

Contact directors@powerfulwomengulfcoast.com for more information or visit our website at www.powerfulwomengulfcoast.com or Facebook at “Powerful Women of the Gulf Coast” for all of our meeting information.